Machine for marbling paper



M. RHEINAUER. MACHINE FOR MAHBLING PAPER.

APPLICATION FILED .IULY23, 1920.

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IVIACHiNE FOR MARBLING PAPER,

APPLICATION men JULY23, 1920.

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ivmcninr. FOR MAitnLrNo PAPE .v

' Application filed July 23,

To all whom it may concern: a

Be it known that I, MORITZ RHEINAUER, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Marbling Paper, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. i I,

This invention relates to improvements in paper marbling machines, one of the objects beingvto provide a device that will more evenly produce a marble elfect upon paper than is possible by the machines and methods now employed. One of the difli culties encountered in marbling paper is to cause the color to be applied to the paper along the longitudinal edges thereof as evenly asit is applied to said paper intermediate the longitudinal edges. To marble paper a trough isemployed which contains a sizing upon the" surface "of which. color is sprayed. The paper to be marbled isdrawn through the sizing to cause the color to ad-. here to the paper, the trough containing the sizing is but little wider than the paper. So far as I am aware,.as. now commonly practised the paper is, drawn through the sizing, said sizing being normally dormant, that is to say, not normally in motion. As the paper is drawn through the. sizing, it picks up the color, but the color along the vertical sides of the trough will lay in pools,

or, in other words, remain stagnant, while the color intermediate the sides of-thetrough will be caused to move along with the paper,

thereby giving it time to adhere to the paper, but the color at the sides of the trough does not have time to thoroughly adhere to the paper, and hence the coloring along the edges of. the paper Will be light or irregulanbecause the color willstick to the sides of the trough and-.will not be. drawn along with the paper. a v

To overcome the above mentioned obj ec tionable features, I rovide a machine areranged to cause the sizing with the color to; move, preferably at about the same speed as the paper, not only intermediate the sides of thetrough but at the sides to prevent the stagnation of the color at the sides of the trough. a Y 1 The apparatus to carry out my invention will now'be described, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification" wherein Fig. 1 illustrates a sectional plan view of Specification ofLett'e'r sPatent. P tented Jan. 31, 1922.

1920. S erial No. 398,486. I j

my'improved form of trough, the color applying devices and paper to be inarbled bemg omitted Fig. 2 is an tional view the section being taken ona line 2- 2 in Fig. 1; Fig; 3 is an enlarged end from the right in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is anenlarged sectional view, illusview, looking trating one of thefcolor applying devicesv sists of a' channeled. frame vmember 10,, in

this instan ce'in rectangular form, but have ing rounded ends as indicated by 11, and 12, I the radial point of thelrounded ends being coincident with the axis of the-shaft of idler pulleys 13 and 14, said shafts being indicated by 15. The pulleys 13 and 14 support a belt 16, preferably metallic (brass; for inenlarged fragmentary sec- As herein embodied, my invention constance), which operates close-to or in 'contact with the adjacent vertical sides 17 of the channeled frame 10. Adjacent to or in contact with each oute". vertical side "18 of the frame 10, I locate a belt 19 which passes around pulleys 2O and 21 and over-idlers. 22. 'As can be seen, the belt 19 is double along the sides 18, the outer run of the belt operating in the same direction as-theinner" belt 16. .The pulleys 21 and l l are driven pulleys, being operated by 'a driven 'shaft 23 (Fig. 3), and intermeshing gears. The shaft 100 mg with a gear 25 on the shaft 23. Each 7 7 shaft 26 for the pulleys 21 carries agear 27 meshing with the gear-28 on shaft 23.; The above mentioned gears will, be proportioned to cause belts 16 and 19 to travel aft-the same 15 for, the pulley 1 1 carries a gear 24. meshspeed;

' 23 Omise sprocket ae whichl operates a chain 30 which in turn, by means of a sprocket pulley 31, actuates a. cleaning.

device .consisting of, in this instance, two heated drums 32 and 33/ The cleaning device or drums 32 and 33 areheated and mainthereinto through a duct 34 and hollow shaft 36; a duct 37 serving as an exhaust passage for the heating element. The drums 32 and 33 are positioned to cause them to dip slightly into the sizing, indicated by 38. As the sizing 38 and its color, sprayed thereupon by the spraying devices 39,- will be in motion or caused to move along or through the trough with the belts 16 and 19, the drums 32'and 33, which will be warm and dry, will pick up the color left upon the surface of the sizing after it has passed the paper, which will be located, as indicated by dotted lines 40 in Fig. 1; In other words,

the drums will clean the surface of'th'e siz ing or take" off. the greater part of the color marbling'station or paper, leaving a comparatively clean surface for the newly applied color. In connection with the drum I preferably employ scrapers 41 which will cut the color, indicated by 42, Fig. 4, off the surface of the drums. sists of a pan 43' containing color 44 and Each color sprayer 39 cona drum 45 upon the surface of which the color adheres. The color is wiped off the surface ofd'rum 45 by means of wire brushes 46 carried by a drum 47. The drums 45 and 47 are connected together by gears 48, 49 and '50. The shaft'5l of drum 45 carries sprocket wheels 52 and 53, the sprocket 53 of the first sprayer A being connected to a sprocket pulley 54 bya chain 55, the pulley 54 being carried by shaft 23 (see Fig. 8). The sprayer at B will be operated by a chain 56 actuated by sprocket pulley 52 on sprayer at A, and the sprayer at G will be operated by a chain 57 from. a sprocket pulley on sprayer B similar to sprocket pulley 52 on sprayer A. The paper to be marbled will be carried in the form of a reel 58, for instance, and run over an idler 59; thence under and partly around a drum 60; thence over an idler 61 to a, drying device (not shown). The reel 58, idlers 59 and 61, will be supported by brackets 62 carried by'the frame 10. As can be seen in Fig. 7, the paper web, indicated by 63, is caused to dip into the sizing slightly below the surface thereof, or just enough to causethe colorv which floats upon the sizing to contact with the surface of the web.

During the operation of the device, the sizing will be constantly in motion, or in other words, willtravel through the channel 64. To cause the sizing to travel through the trough, I provide. trays 65 which are removablyconnected to the belt 16. To connect the belt 16 and the trays, I provide the said belt with pins 66, which project therefrom (see Fig; 5), to engage ears 67 struck upfrom the trays. One end of each tray is-tnrned' up to form a flange'68. The trays are arranged in the trough to cause the through the channel, causing the sizing to also travel and causing the floating colors to come in contactwith the web 63, which op erates in a fixed plane. WVhile the belts 19 do not contribute to the movement of the trays, they act to prevent stagnation ofthe sizing along the adj aeent sides of the channel. The belt 16 also prevents'stagnation, on the part of the sizing, along the adja cent sides 17 of the channel. formation of waves due to the movement of the trays and sizing, I provide dam-menibers 69 and 70 disposed,ias indicated in Fig. 1. The dam-members; will prevent the siz ing from being rippled or waved at that portion where the color is applied whereby a comparatively even surface will be maintained on the part of the sizing.

'One of the features of the invention is the fact thattlie 'sizing'is caused to. travel through the trough, the paperbeing operated in. a fixed plane, whereby the color is carried to. the paper which is caused to travel at the about the same speed. 'The moving belts 16andl9 will prevent the sizing,j'and' color thereupon, from stagnating at the, sides of the trough. The color will be sprayed upon the surface of the sizing by the spraying device at A, B and C. As this spraying feature is old in the. art of marbling paper, it will not be described in detail. I, prefer to provide a feeding device for the web of paper, indicated by 72 Fig. 7, said device consisting of a feed roller 73', bearing upon the idler 61. The roller 73 may be driven.

by a pulley 74 andbelt'75.

The purpose of" the dam-members 69"and To prevent at the rounded end 12 of the frame during their course in a circular path. The mem here 69 and 70 will prevent the waves orjripples from extending to the portion of the frame where color is applied to the sizing. The ripples or waves cannot pass the; dinnmember 69, and dam-member 70 aids in arresting the onward course of the ripples.

The cleaning roller 322Will take up any color that may pass the dam-members.

Having described my invention what I 7 claim is:

1. In a. paper marbling machine, acontainer for sizing, a movable bottom member within the container, and movable side,mem

bers independent of the bottom member also,

within the container, all arrangedto imtainer to cause the sizing and color materialpart movement to the sizing within the container. V

2. In a paper marbling machine, a container for sizing, means to actuate the paper to be marbled in a fixed plane, means to apply coloring material to the surface of the sizing, movable means within the container to cause the sizing and color material carried thereby to contact with the paper, and means to clean that portion of the surface of the sizing which has passed the paper.

3. In a paper .marbling machine, a con tainer for sizing, means to actuate the paper to be marbled in a fixed plane, means to apply coloring material to the surface of the sizing, movable means within the container to cause the sizing and color material carried thereby to contact with the paper, and means to prevent the surface of the sizing from rippling at that portion thereof where the color is applied.

4. In a paper marbling machine, a container for sizing, means to actuate the paper to be marbled in a fixed plane, means to apply coloring material to the surface of the sizing, movable means within the concarried thereby to contact with the paper, rotatable drums to clean that portion of the surface of the sizing which has passed the paper, and means to heat said drums.

5. In a paper marblingmachine, a container for sizing, movable belts at each side of the container, means carried by one of said belts to impart movement to the sizing, and means'to actuate the belts.

6. In a paper marblingmachine, a container for sizing, movable belts at each side of the container, trays carried by one of said belts, and flanges carried by the trays acting as paddles to impart movement to the sizing.

7. In a paper marbling machine, a frame consisting of channeled members arranged in parallelism and connected at each end by a rounded channel, movable belts operable along the sides of the parallel channeled portions of the frame, means to operate the belts, and meansto feed a web of paper, to

belts, means located between the adjacent runs of said belts-to impart motion to the sizin means to feed a web of aoe'r to be -marbled, in a fixed plane between adjacent rims of said belts at one end of the container, means to operate the belts.

9. In a paper marbling machine, a rec tangular channeled container rounded at each end to contain siz1ng,-a belt at each side of the container, a belt intermediate the side belts, -meanslocatedbetween the adjacent runs of saidbelts to impart motion to the sizing, means to feed a web of paper, to be marbled, in a fixed plane between adjacent runs ofsaid belts at one end of the container, means to operate the-belts, andmeans also located between adjacent runs of said belts to prevent rippling of the sizing at the point thereof where color is applied.

10. In a paper marbling machine, a rectangular channeled container rounded at each end tocontain sizing, a belt at each side ofthe' container, a belt intermediate the side belts, means'located between the adjacent runs of said'belts to. impart motion to the sizing, means to feed a web of paper, tobe marbled, in a fixedplane between adjacent g runs of said belts at one end of the container,

means to operate the belts, means also located between adjacent runs of said belts to prevent rippling ofthe sizing at the point thereof where color is'applied, and means to clean that portionof the surface of the sizing that has passed the paper.

Signed at New York city, N. Y.-, this 21 day of July, 1920.

'MO'RITZ ItI-IEINAUER. Witnesses: MAURICE BLocK,

EDWARD A. JARVIS. 

